Rick Stein is refusing to pay his staff
Rick Stein is refusing to pay his staff while his restaurants close due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The celebrity chef is not planning to pay his employees until the government's subsidy scheme to aid businesses kicks in, which would leave staff without money for a month.
A message on the staff internal message board, obtained by MailOnline , reads: ‘We cannot afford to pay anybody after March 21.
‘If we were to do that the company will be gone within a few weeks.'
The message, written by managing director Ian Fitzgerald, continues: ‘This is a...Read more ...